Definition of Lap-straked

1. Adjective. Having overlapping hull planks.

Exact synonyms: Clincher-built, Clinker-built, Lap-strake, Lap-streak, Lap-streaked
Category relationships: Ship
Antonyms: Carvel-built

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lap-straked

lanyards
lanyer
lanyers
laocoon
laogai
laogais
laojiao
lap
lap-dance
lap-dancer
lap-dances
lap-dog
lap-jointed
lap-pool
lap-strake
lap-straked (current term)
lap-streak
lap-streaked
lap belt
lap belts
lap cat
lap cats
lap choly
lap covering
lap danced
lap dancer
lap dances
lap dancing
lap dog

Literary usage of Lap-straked

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Treatise on Naval Architecture and Ship-building: Or, An Exposition of the by Richard Worsam Meade (1869)
"lap-straked boats, 416. Larch, 291. Lateral train, 370. Launch, 21, 412, 471. Launching, 21, 283, 420, 427. Launching, oblique, 422. Launching on the keel, ..."

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